Title: Prosecuting Gender-Based Persecution as an International Crime
Abstract:The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) explicitly codified, for the first time in international criminal law, the crime against humanity of persecution based on gender. The ICC wil...The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) explicitly codified, for the first time in international criminal law, the crime against humanity of persecution based on gender. The ICC will therefore be the first international criminal tribunal to prosecute gender-based persecution as a crime against humanity. This may occur in the case of Callixte Mbarushimana, a senior leader of the Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération de Rwanda (FDLR) charged with, inter alia, persecution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo achieved through means including rape. It may also occur in the case of three other individuals – Ahmad Muhammad Harun (“Harun”), Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (“Ali Kushayb”) and Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein – who have also been charged with persecution as a crime against humanity, including persecution in Darfur, Sudan, achieved through the intensely gendered act of rape. It is an opportune time to consider the potential benefits and challenges currently facing the ICC in prosecuting gender-based persecution.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-02
Language: en
Type: other
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